News Nosh 10.25.13

"They reached out and I responded."--IDF spokesman Peter Lerner on his Twitter exchange with Hamas's military wing.**

Front Page News:

Haaretz

Limits to power - Lieberman was defeated in municipal elections, but his political situation is better than
Deri's. While the two blame each other for the failure, Eli Yishai is already planning his return

Driver who ran over and killed 14-year-old fined 1,500 shekels - parents set up a mourning tent at place where
she was killed

Summer is over - At 2:AM between Saturday and Sunday the clock moves back one hour

Jerusalem Mayor Barekat: "Deri and Lieberman wanted to topple the government, not the good of Jerusalem. The
public is not stupid, it knew there was a trick"

What do we do with them? (On the three indicted mayors who were re-elected)

Israel Hayom

80%: Dismiss the mayors indicted for crimes

Ashkelon: Assassination at midday

History in IDF: Druze brigade commander of Golani

"It's too early to remove the sanctions on Iran" - France's new ambassador to Israel

Releasing terrorists - and continuing to build in Judea and Samaria

Peace Talk Highlights:
Israel is due to release 26 'hardcore terrorists' on Tuesday, but Habayit Hayehudi party plans to stop that with a
new law while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tries to soften it with the announcement of 1000 more settler
homes.

On Sunday, the special ministerial committee for the release of Palestinian prisoners will meet to approve the
release on Tuesday of 26 men in Israeli jails since prior to the Oslo Accords. Maariv wrote that the names of the
men are being kept confidential and even the ministers on the committee do not know who is on the list and won't
until Sunday. The family members of the victims will be informed on Sunday night. (NRG Hebrew)

However, at the government cabinet Sunday morning, Habayit Hayehudi will bring to vote a bill that will forbid future prisoner releases. Members
of Netanyahu's Likud party have also expressed opposition to the release. Coalition chairman MK Yariv Levine is
signed on the bill and Deputy Defense Minister Dani Dannon wrote a letter calling on the ministers to oppose the
release, Yedioth reported

In what the Israeli media calls an attempt 'to sweeten' the pill, Netanyahu ordered that tenders be made for the construction of 1000 housing units over the
Green Line. Some of them will be in E. Jerusalem. The pro-settler Habayit Hayehudi party reacted to the
construction with anger: "The attempt to connect the construction with the release of murderers is cynical and
morally wrong. It would be better if the Prime Minister would not release murderers and not build." (NRG Hebrew)

An Israeli political source told both Yedioth and AFP that American and Palestinian officials were aware of the plan to build. "The
announcement of construction in settlement blocs and in Jerusalem will be done according to the understandings
that were reached on the eve of the relaunching of peace talks. The Americans and the Palestinians were aware of
these understandings in advance."

In addition, on November 5 and November 7, Israel will hand over the bodies of 36 Palestinians, who collectively killed dozens of
Israelis.Maan erroneously reported that seven bodies to be delivered to their West Bank families were
'killed by the Israeli army,' when at least two were suicide bombers.

Official: Israel forbids construction of public park in Jenin village - Tawfiq Qabha, a member
of the Barta'a village council, told Ma'an that volunteers established the park - the only public park in the
village - four months ago. (Maan)

Locals: Israel orders demolition of 2 Palestinian-owned buildings - The Palestinian owner of a
building under construction in the Hebron district village of al-Shuyukh, said he found demolition orders for
his building under construction underneath a rock near the building. (Maan)

Israeli rightists tour Aqsa compound under guard - Israeli rightists toured the Al-Aqsa
compound on Thursday escorted by Israeli police, witnesses said. An Israeli rightist, who had recently been
banned from entering the mosque compound, tried to enter the area to pray, but was stopped by Israeli forces.
(Maan)

Amnesty slams 'harassment' of human rights lawyer - Amnesty International on Thursday urged
Israel to drop all charges against a Palestinian human rights lawyer a day after he was released from military
custody. An Israeli military judge ruled that confessions submitted as evidence from other detainees failed to
prove Anas Barghouti was a security threat. "It is unacceptable for Israeli authorities to continue to
prosecute activists because of their peaceful work in defense of human rights," said Amnesty International.
(Maan)

What I learned in kindergarten today about the Holocaust - Education Minister Shay Piron's
controversial plan to introduce mandatory K-12 Holocaust studies has drawn a range of responses from educators.
How do you teach the Shoah to preschoolers? (Haaretz)

Protesters shut down street in Qalandiya refugee camp - A group of men in Qalandiya refugee
camp blocked a main road Thursday to protest the Palestinian Authority's continued detention of a political
prisoner, Rabee' Hamad, a man who was released from Israeli prison 8 months ago. (Maan)

Ambassador's wife offers relief to Syria's civil war victims - and to Israeli hospital - Wife
of Australian ambassador tells the world what Rebecca Sieff hospital in Safed is doing for children wounded in
the Syrian civil war. (Haaretz)

Group: Israel accuses Hebron woman of trying to stab soldier, when she only slapped him -
Israeli military forces claim a 20-year-old woman attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. Her father said Israeli
forces stopped the car she was traveling in at a temporary checkpoint and searched her in a provocative manner,
for which she slapped one of the soldiers in the face. (Maan)

Iran may be one month from a nuclear bomb, report says - 'Shortening breakout times have
implications for any negotiation with Iran,' says new assessment by the U.S. Institute for Science and
International Security. (Agencies, Haaretz)

Report: White House working to stop Congress from siding with Netanyahu on Iran - The Obama
administration is reportedly worried that Netanyahu's warnings on Iran will be translated into action by the
legislative branch. Senators concerned administration will ease sanctions on Iran to facilitate talks.
(Israel Hayom)

Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.